President Obama in Boston on Wednesday addressed the glitches that are preventing people from signing up for health insurance on healthcare.gov.The president spoke at Faneuil Hall where the Massachusetts health care law was signed seven years ago. The Massachusetts law served as a model for the Affordable Care Act.Many of the people at Wednesday’s speech were Massachusetts health care providers or people who have been positively impacted by reform in the state.Just like in Massachusetts, things might start slowly, but soon the law will work, Obama said.In Massachusetts, 97 percent of residents have health coverage. Under the Affordable Care Act, the White House estimates almost six in 10 Americans without health insurance will be able to get covered for $100 or less.If every state, including Maine, expanded its Medicaid coverage, that number would rise to nearly eight in 10 Americans, Obama said.The president said healthcare.gov is not working the way it’s supposed to. It’s slow, too many people have gotten stuck and he’s not happy about it, but Obama said the problems will get fixed.“So there is no excuse for it, and I take full responsibility for making sure it gets fixed ASAP,” Obama said. “We are working to improve it every day.”As of 2010, 10 percent of Mainers had no health care coverage at all.

BOSTON —

President Obama in Boston on Wednesday addressed the glitches that are preventing people from signing up for health insurance on healthcare.gov.

The president spoke at Faneuil Hall where the Massachusetts health care law was signed seven years ago. The Massachusetts law served as a model for the Affordable Care Act.

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Many of the people at Wednesday’s speech were Massachusetts health care providers or people who have been positively impacted by reform in the state.

Just like in Massachusetts, things might start slowly, but soon the law will work, Obama said.

In Massachusetts, 97 percent of residents have health coverage. Under the Affordable Care Act, the White House estimates almost six in 10 Americans without health insurance will be able to get covered for $100 or less.

If every state, including Maine, expanded its Medicaid coverage, that number would rise to nearly eight in 10 Americans, Obama said.

The president said healthcare.gov is not working the way it’s supposed to. It’s slow, too many people have gotten stuck and he’s not happy about it, but Obama said the problems will get fixed.

“So there is no excuse for it, and I take full responsibility for making sure it gets fixed ASAP,” Obama said. “We are working to improve it every day.”